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South Africa’s Economic Crossroads: How a Coalition Government Navigates the Perfect Storm

After two decades of covering emerging markets, I've rarely encountered an economy as paradoxical as South Africa's current state. The numbers tell a story of cautious optimism: GDP growth...

Africa’s Warehouses are Full: What’s Driving the Boom?

Africa's industrial landscape is experiencing a remarkable transformation. In the first half of 2025, modern warehouse occupancy across...

Amazon Launches Louisiana’s First Same-Day Delivery Hub in Jefferson Parish

Amazon has officially opened the doors to its first-ever same-day delivery site in Louisiana, a move set to...

Walmart’s South African Gambit: The $358 Million Bet That Could Reshape Continental Retail

The announcement came with characteristic Walmart efficiency: a Tuesday morning press release confirming what retail analysts have anticipated...

Ethiopia Inaugurates Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as Regional Tensions Persist

Ethiopia officially inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Tuesday, marking the completion of Africa's largest hydroelectric project...

KLM expands intercontinental network with six new destinations

After the previously announced expansions in Europe for the summer of 2021, KLM will also add new destinations to...

South African ports rank poorly in World Bank report

At a position of 347 out of 351, the World Bank has placed the Port of Cape Town at...

Logistics firm FedEx opens state-of-the-art facility in Johannesburg

FedEx Express a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed FedEx Corp has announced that its new state-of-the-art facility in Johannesburg is now ready open...

Kenya’s Lamu port opens for business

 The Lamu port project has officially been opened by president Uhuru Kenyatta with the target to link Kenya to...

Automotive industry urged to adopt AI to combat squeezed margins

Artificial intelligence (AI) will be a crucial tool in combating the squeezed margins and potential decline of volume in...

Some refineries in Africa remain offline

In South Africa, both the Engen and Cape Town refineries remain offline, whereas Zambia's Indeni is not expected to...

Tapping the future of shipping – Hapag-Lloyd published new sustainability report

Hapag-Lloyd published its Sustainability Report 2020recently and has once again made significant progress in environmental, social, qualitative and economic...

Egypt plans expansion of Suez Canal

The southern section of the Suez canal where  Ever Given wedged sideways, blocking a key waterway and causing billions...

MOL mulls e-commerce platform to deliver used agriculture machinery to Africa

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced the launch of a cross-border e-commerce website (Note 1), a business to export used...

Djibouti Port gets World Bank recognition

Djibouti Port has been recognised as the top container port in Africa and 61st globally by the World Bank...

Africa’s richest people 2021 according to Forbes

For the tenth year in a row, Aliko Dangote of Nigeria is Africa’s richest person, worth $12.1 billion, up...

FLSmidth wins order for full digitalisation of three cement lines in West Africa

In a new contract signed earlier this year, Chinese construction giant CBMI Construction Co., Ltd., part of the Sinoma...

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